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A permanent solution to Medicare's troublesome physician payment formula advanced yesterday when a House subcommittee approved a bipartisan proposal to repeal and replace it.
A bipartisan draft bill proposes a solution to the troublesome SGR formula but doesn't offer a way to pay for it and leaves some in the industry "disappointed."
Policy solutions have the potential to create a better system of care for geriatric patients.
If the states not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stay with their decision, those state governments will collectively spend $1 billion more on uncompensated care in 2016 than they would have had they expanded Medicaid, says a recent RAND Corporation study.
If the states not expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act stay with their decision, those state governments will collectively spend $1 billion more on uncompensated care in 2016 than they would have had they expanded Medicaid, says a recent RAND Corporation study.
The healthcare industry has been notoriously slow at adopting technologies, but if it gets on board with real-time claims processing, the money could flow in.
As risk-based managed care continues to grow in Medicaid, the model's financial sustainability is being tested across the country.
The adage of everything old becomes new again is proving true. Physician house calls are making a comeback and disrupting today's healthcare system.
It wasn't so long ago when it was common for a physician to visit patients in their homes. New technologies and a changing healthcare system placed physicians firmly in their offices, forcing patients to go to them. But the adage of everything old becomes new again is proving true. Physician house calls are making a comeback and disrupting today's healthcare system.
A new study published Monday in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found the Project BOOST (Better Outcomes by Optimizing Safe Transitions) Mentoring Program is effective in identifying patients at highest risk for readmissions, communicating discharge plans effectively and ensuring close follow-up through phone calls and timely doctors' appointments.